Academic, Cultural, Technical, Scientific Olympics organized by the NAACP --- Carole McDonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's a national olympic competition of the mind. > It's a black > organization and is in all regions of the US. Forgot > what the > initials mean although I used to be a poetry judge > in the Westchester > Region. > > There are competitions in essay, poetry, science, > acting, rhetoric, > etc. > > It was created to make African-American kids love > mental work instead > of sports. > > They have a national award every year in Washington > DC. The Southern > kids usually dominate. The northern kids all have > great self-esteem > and crummy talent. I remember once a kid made it all > the way to > nationals with her essay and was on the stage and > couldn't even read > her essay. Sooo embarassing. Yep, her dad had > written it for her. > > It's a good organization, though. > > > When I used to teach I always pushed Octavia > Butler's Kindred as a > tool for history and SF together. > > I loved X-files but they lost me with that long > storyline about the > aliens. Stargate is almost losing me too. I'm so > confused as to > whether apophis is dead or alive. Haven't even > delved into Stargate > atlantis yet. > > That's another question...Harry Potter is a series. > You gotta create > a world for a series. Will kids stick with a black > world? Should we > push Octavia's parables? > -C > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
